I'm not a massive fan of Metro or its apps but once I grouped the tiles in a meaningful way it works well enough to replace the start menu.
The desktop is much faster and lighter than 7 and theres a few extra features.
I didn't pay for windows 8 (work MSDN) but I'm not hating it. Just took a little getting used to.
This 'joke' was posted on the official 'Find April' Facebook wall, where local people & family were coordinating searches, not just on his own wall. That's why it's being prosecuted.
Unless I'm very much mistaken (please feel free to correct me) I'm seeing a lot of incorrect information around this. As I understand it:
A) You can turn it off by going into the BIOS. Then you can boot anything you like.
B) Each boot-loader for each individual OS requires signing by the manufacturer. As I understand it, Redhat were asked if they would be the custodians of 'one true' Linux key and they didn't want to be responsible for it on behalf of other distro makers.
C) Redhat approached PC manufacters who were very receptive to their key being included with all hardware, however Redhat felt there would be an impression that they were levaraging their size as unfair competition.
D) MS offered to sign distro's and OS's with their own key as long as the maker was registered with them for $99 which is surely below cost.
Ideologically it is not ideal I agree but it could be worse no? Ideally some garanteed impartial third party would sign all OS's from one key. But who?
Thanks for reading
I have a subscription to PC Pro even in today's age of limitless free tech news. As a general rule the magazine is very technical and insightful although I agree that particular line is a dreadful piece of journalism. I think they are trying to compare them from the point of view of a home user.
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I had this on DVD - great show. I also watched it first time round in the 90's.
I'm not a massive fan of Metro or its apps but once I grouped the tiles in a meaningful way it works well enough to replace the start menu. The desktop is much faster and lighter than 7 and theres a few extra features. I didn't pay for windows 8 (work MSDN) but I'm not hating it. Just took a little getting used to.
This 'joke' was posted on the official 'Find April' Facebook wall, where local people & family were coordinating searches, not just on his own wall. That's why it's being prosecuted.
Unless I'm very much mistaken (please feel free to correct me) I'm seeing a lot of incorrect information around this. As I understand it: A) You can turn it off by going into the BIOS. Then you can boot anything you like. B) Each boot-loader for each individual OS requires signing by the manufacturer. As I understand it, Redhat were asked if they would be the custodians of 'one true' Linux key and they didn't want to be responsible for it on behalf of other distro makers. C) Redhat approached PC manufacters who were very receptive to their key being included with all hardware, however Redhat felt there would be an impression that they were levaraging their size as unfair competition. D) MS offered to sign distro's and OS's with their own key as long as the maker was registered with them for $99 which is surely below cost. Ideologically it is not ideal I agree but it could be worse no? Ideally some garanteed impartial third party would sign all OS's from one key. But who? Thanks for reading
I have a subscription to PC Pro even in today's age of limitless free tech news. As a general rule the magazine is very technical and insightful although I agree that particular line is a dreadful piece of journalism. I think they are trying to compare them from the point of view of a home user.
Well said mate - wish I had mod points